Drifter
Monday, November 13th, 2006
A certain M.C keeps popping into my head lately.I haven’t seen him since July of 2003 when I gave him a card as my means of saying thank you for being such an angel.He has generously went out of his way to help me with that precious first step towards professional life.I wonder if he still remembers me.Right now he’s probably busy with his work (he has been planning to resign from it for God knows how long but can’t find the heart to leave those who needs him).
Yes,I admit that during those times when he has been so eager to help me, I had this curious feeling of admiration for him.I can’t help it,ok?He has this gorgeous smile with his chinky eyes and easy way coupled with great shaped-nose and thin lips.MC is few inches taller than me with a lean body built and fair complexion.He’s much older than me though.When I met him back in 1999,he’s probably around 27 already while I was a budding 17-year old then.
He believed in me,you know.He thought that with my brain (ehem J ) it would be so easy for me to reach that infamous ladder of success (which has been very elusive so far). MC used to tell me a lot how “bilib” he was with my flat 1 shining grades which I would easily dismiss as his means of thwarting my mind off the things I would ask him to do for me.
It was his job to help me and I mean that literally coz he’s getting paid for it. (MC is not from an agency that helps you land a job,mind you.He’s from an altogether different jungle where people got rich by providing half-baked education to those hopeful youngsters). With that in mind,I feel he has given me more than what was required of him to do.
Being the helpless and hopeless lassie that I was,it was almost like an impulse for me to call him right away whenever a problem arises that I thought he would be of help.His usual answer is “Oo naman! Ikaw pa, eh ang lakas mo sa akin!”.
There was this time when I had to attend a formal gathering where I was required to speak in honor of the wife of a certain former Senator who passed on a few years ago.My being involved in that was of his doing.I wouldn’t have been there if he had not suggested it to the board of directors of that jungle I was talking about recently.It was one special day when I got to know him a bit more.He showed me his picture when he was just starting out at his job and he was gorgeous.He attributed it to having less stress back then.We two had a picture at the hotel lobby taken,one which I wasn’t able to have a copy of.
When I look back to those years when he was constantly present in my life, I feel a certain glow.I will always see him as my protector and angel for he’s been that in a lot of ways.He is also one of the very few people who managed not to smear their image on my mind.In the meantime,I’ll probably search for him here in a little while….wish me luck !
